Stu Allen & Mars Hotel at the Junction, August 1, 2022

The Junction presents Stu Allen & Mars Hotel
The Junction Beergarden & Bottle Shop
226 Shoreline Highway, Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA
6:00 PM, Monday, August 1, 2022

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[6:11 PM] {performers out and noodling; Stu on Jerry's Alligator guitar}

1. [6:18 PM] Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toddle-oo (SA)
2. [6:29 PM] Greatest Story Ever Told (NS)
   [6:35 PM] {pause; add Bo Putnam}
3. [6:38 PM] Big Boss Man (SA)
   {Pause a minute}
4. [6:48 PM] Big River (NS)
   {Drop Bo}
5. [6:55 PM] Ramble on Rose (SA)
   [7:03 PM] {Stu swaps from Alligator to Phoenix; Murphy swaps from red bass to green bass}
6. [7:05 PM] Far From Me (SG)
   [7:09 PM] {pause; Murph back on red bass; Stu back on Alligator guitar}
7. [7:11 PM] Black-Throated Wind (NS)
   [7:18 pause}
8. [7:20 PM] Doing That Rag (SA)
   [7:29 PM] {add Jason Crosby? Nope! He's not in earshot!}
9. [7:30 PM] the Music Never Stopped (NS)
   [7:39 PM] {set ends}

[8:15 PM] {performers out & noodling; Jason onstage at B3; Stu on Phoenix guitar; Murph on honey 5-string bass}

1. [8:20 PM] Shakedown Street (SA)
   [8:36 PM] {JC off; Murphy back to red bass; SG to B3
2. [8:37 PM] Samson & Delilah (NS)
   {Murphy swaps to green bass}
3. [8:45 PM] Crazy Fingers (SA)
   [8:57 PM] {pause}
4. [8:58 PM] Estimated Prophet (NS) » (Stu swap to Alligator mid song) »
5. [9:10 PM] He's Gone (SA) »
6. [9:25 PM] the Wheel »
7. [9:29 PM] Dear Mr. Fantasy (SG) (with Bo Putnam!)
   {Murphy swap to honey 5-string now? Or earlier?}
8. [9:38 PM] Stella Blue >
   {Add Craig M}
9. [9:50 PM] Not Fade Away »
10. [9:59 PM] Happy Birthday to Jerry (instrumental coda)
    [10:01 PM] {show ends}

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead & harmony vox;
• Jason Crosby: keyboards;
• Scott Guberman: keyboards, lead & harmony vox;
• Ezra Lipp: drums, harmony vox;
• Craig MacArthur: guitar;
• Murph Murphy: bass;
• Bo Putnam: harmonica;
• Nick Sandoval: guitar, lead & harmony vox.

It was nice to spend an evening with a lot of the old TXR peeps, if bitterweet at reminding us all of what's now past.

The stage setup tonight was quite different compared to the last time we were at the Junction. Tonight, the stage was set up at the entrance of the upper back yard, with the band facing East, playing towards the estuary and the freeway. Perhaps a change to ameliorate the neighbors? Or to facilitate easier load-in/load out? Or to back-light the band by the sunset? Hard to say!!

Anyways, I'm immensely grateful to the TXR folks who invited us to share space up front: it's like a nice big hug to feel welcomed like that!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!